December 2009
Calvin / F. Bruce Gordon
The Atonement / Leon Morris
A Praying Life / Paul Miller
Paul: An Outline of His Theology / Herman Ridderbos
The Name of the Rose / Umberto Eco
The Tipping Point / Malcolm Gladwell
Running Scared / Edward Welch
2009 Book Log
- Gilead: A Novel / Marilynne Robinson / Exquisite
- The Grace of Repentance / Sinclair Ferguson / Excellent
- The Last Juror / John Grisham / Good
- Rethinking Retirement / John Piper / Convicting
- De Incarnatione Verbi Dei / Athanasius / Delightful
- The Contemplative Pastor / Eugene Peterson / Invigorating
- Jonathan Edwards: A Guided Tour of His Life and Thought / Stephen Nichols / Good
- Life and Practice in the Early Church: A Documentary Reader / Steven A. McKinion / Quite good
- Othello / William Shakespeare / Great
- Speaking of Jesus / J. Mack Stiles / Quite good
- Whiter Than Snow: Meditations of Sin and Mercy / Paul David Tripp / Wonderful
- If You Could Ask God One Question / Paul Williams and Barry Cooper / Good
- God’s Problem / Bart D. Ehrman / Utterly predictable
- Straw Dogs / John Gray / Utterly unpredictable
- Unpacking Forgiveness / Chris Brauns / Outstanding
- Augustine of Hippo: A Biography / Peter Brown / Great
- Beach Music / Pat Conroy / Quite good
- Evangelism in the Early Church / Michael Green / Convicting
- The Hobbit / J.R.R. Tolkien / Wonderful
- Death in Holy Orders / P.D. James / Quite good
- Life Together / Dietrich Bonhoeffer / Wonderful
- The Hospitality Commands / Alexander Strauch / Excellent
- Contagious Holiness: Jesus’ Meals with Sinners / Craig Blomberg / Disappointing
- The Future of Justification / John Piper / Helpful
- What is a Healthy Church Member? / Thabiti Anyabwile / Good
- Confessions / Augustine of Hippo / Wonderful
- We Become What We Worship: A Biblical Theology of Idolatry / G.K. Beale / Good
- Idols For Destruction / Herbert Schlossberg / Good
- John Calvin: A Heart for Devotion, Doctrine, & Doxology / Ed. Burk Parsons / Quite good
- On Prayer: Conversation with God / John Calvin / Outstanding
- The Great Train Robbery / Michael Crichton / Wonderful
- The Reason for God / Tim Keller / Good
- The Last Word / N.T. Wright / Disappointing
- The Prodigal God / Tim Keller / Good
- The Historian / Elizabeth Kostova / Disappointing
- The Heart of Evangelism / Jerram Barrs / Outstanding
- Worldliness / Ed. C.J. Mahaney / Good
- Luther: Man Between God and the Devil / Heiko A. Oberman / Quite good
- The Closers / Michael Connelly / Fun
- The Narrows / Michael Connelly / Fun
- Death by Love: Letters from the Cross / Mark Driscoll / Quite good
- Lost Light / Michael Connelly / Fun
- A Taste for Death / P.D. James / Wonderful
- Grow in Grace / Sinclair B. Ferguson / Great
- Pauline Christology / Gordon D. Fee / Great
- Minority Report / Carl R. Trueman / Delightful
- All Things For Good / Thomas Watson / Outstanding
- Today’s All-Star Missions Churches / Tom Telford / Helpful
- King Lear / William Shakespeare / Apocalyptic
- Given for You: Reclaiming Calvin’s Doctrine of the Lord’s Supper / Keith Mathison / Brilliant
- The Scarecrow / Michael Connelly / Quite disappointing
- The Cross: The Vindication of God / D.M. Lloyd-Jones / Quite good
- A Word for the World: Calvin on the Extent of the Atonement / Paul Hartog / Good
- The Mission of God / Christopher J.H. Wright / Better the second time
- A Certain Justice / P.D. James / Superb
- Can We Trust the Gospels? / Mark D. Roberts / Helpful
- How to Read A Book / Mortimer Adler & Charles Van Doren / Great
- Sealed With an Oath: Covenant in God’s Unfolding Purpose (NSBT) / Paul R. Williamson / Good
- The Heidelberg Catechism / Zacharias Ursinus / Great
- Original Sin / P.D. James / Superb
- Cross Talk: Where Life and Scripture Meet / Michael Emlet / Outstanding
- Believer’s Baptism: Sign of the New Covenant in Christ / Eds. Schreiner and Wright / Insightful
- The Enemy Within / Kris Lundgaard / Exceptional
- No Country for Old Men / Cormac McCarthy / Better the second time
- The Prince’s Poison Cup / R.C. Sproul / Outstanding
- The Holy Spirit / Charles H. Spurgeon / Encouraging
- The Meaning of the Pentateuch / John H. Sailhamer / Great
- Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer / C.S. Lewis / Good
- Not the Way It’s Supposed to Be: A Breviary of Sin / Cornelius Plantinga Jr. / Discerning
- Prince Caspian / C.S. Lewis / Martial
5 Comments
January 31, 2008 at 4:22 pm
nice!
November 2, 2008 at 10:10 pm
Great reading list. I wish I could be disciplined enough to read like that.
July 14, 2009 at 6:23 pm
looks like you have been busy.
July 29, 2009 at 2:19 pm
Have you ever read Thomas Sowell? Not a Christian author but I note you intermingle your reading with non-Christian works, and Sowell is one of the best on contemporary culture issues. One of his ‘must-reads’ is “Black Rednecks – White Liberals”.
July 29, 2009 at 4:00 pm
Dear Michael,
Yes, I’ve read a couple of Thomas Sowell’s books. I really enjoyed “A Conflict of Visions.” I’ll keep an eye out for the book you mentioned. Sounds interesting.
Blessings to you,
–Nick